Example sentences of "as it could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , this is a delicate subject and one which you and your partner should discuss at length , as it could mean that the survivor has to sell the property in order to fulfil the bequest . |
| 2 | By doing this , I think players would think twice before pulling out of Tour Events as it could mean the difference of being world number one and world number two , which I believe means a great deal more to them than they would like to admit . |
| 3 | The yen 's rise could help trim the trade surplus in the long run as it could make U.S. exporters more competitive , although in the short-term that could help lift the amount of exports in dollar terms from Japan . |
| 4 | When he asked , then , ‘ What has Ingeld to do with Christ ? ’ , he was using Ingeld as an example of the most extreme gap between good ‘ heroic ’ behaviour and good Christian behaviour ; Ingeld took unforgivingness as far as it could go . |
| 5 | Well , they used to do them at fourpence ha'penny a pair , and each one must be put in a big envelope , so as it could go out on this catalogue business . |
| 6 | And though the tiny window was open as wide as it could go , she could detect no passage of air . |
| 7 | er she bought these new leather shoes quite a while ago , but even they and they were the widest she could buy , but they needed stretching , so Joanne , Paul 's girlfriend , had got one of these shoe stretching things , you put it in and twist it and it goes up and up , well even that at it 's highest would n't , you know , at it 's furthest , well it was sticking out as far as it could go , even that was n't filling it , so she stuck a spud down the end of it |
| 8 | Up against a wall it was happier , as long as it could assume a lateral stance , to mark the edge of its territory with a swathe of clean pile . |
| 9 | It 's makers , Smithkline Beecham told them the 2 litre bottle was from a faulty batch and to empty it carefully as it could explode . |
| 10 | The coalition has rightly been ready to run these risks to get Iraq out of Kuwait ; but so long as it could achieve that central aim , how much better to do so without further fear of all the weapons in a tyrant 's armoury . |
| 11 | ‘ My surgeon says further surgery would be morally wrong as it could affect my future health but I had to make an effort to get back after the England tour went wrong . |
| 12 | This is quite unreasonable and should be resisted as it could affect the marketability of the lease in the last five years of the term , which the tenant may find unacceptable despite the fact that its inclusion could result in a small reduction in rent on review . |
| 13 | So long as it could prevent news of discontent travelling from one region to another and igniting a bush-fire of revolt , the Party was able to restore its control relatively quickly and with little loss of life . |
| 14 | Alternatively , the power of religious belief may have been such that each community gave as much as it could afford . |
| 15 | Children should not be allowed in sewage-contaminated water or mud as it could cause minor eye and ear infections . |
| 16 | The new emphasis was to be on dining rather than drinking , and the design was as sensitive as it could have been . |
| 17 | I could not have gone without her goodwill , as it could have been injurious to her already poor health . |
| 18 | Was n't really as efficient as it could have been . |
| 19 | By using a tool the ant is able to transport ten times as much food per trip as it could have done otherwise . |
| 20 | But I do n't think it was as strong as it could have been . |
| 21 | So , all things considered , I think I have done all right , handled my problem as well as it could have been handled . |
| 22 | ( 5 ) A legal estate may subsist concurrently with or subject to any other legal estate in the same land in like manner as it could have done before the commencement of this Act . |
| 23 | She was upset , but later reflected it had n't been as bad as it could have been . |
| 24 | According to the head of Berlin 's Radiation Measurement Office , Udo Morfeld , the pollution has not created as big a problem as it could have because the clay soil has slowed down the seepage of radioactive material into the groundwater . |
| 25 | We all know that there 's a fundamental divide within the Conservative party which no amount of packaging can camouflage , although the packing last time round perhaps er was n't quite as good as it could have been . |
| 26 | The scenes-of-crime van was parked as near the site as it could get , planks had been laid on the ground approaching and under the scaffolding to preserve whatever evidence there might be , and the area where the body was had been screened off . |
| 27 | More than ten years ago the Barclay report rejected the idea of a general social work council , as it could find no consensus in favour . |
| 28 | Spotting a store that is not selling as much as it could sell is easy . |
| 29 | We 'll tell you all about it shortly when Roz has the book ready for publication , as it could save you hours spent trying to match the tension of patterns which have originally been knitted on different makes of machine to your own . |
| 30 | Mr Stewart said events like Europartenariat — a European Community initiative aimed at bringing together over 1,000 companies to form trading links — were important as it could help Scottish companies implement their European strategies by meeting potential business partners . |